Our Canada based Law Firm is staffed with more than 25 licensed lawyers, licensed immigration consultants and technical personnel. Our firm represents international celebrities in the fashion industry and performing arts as well as some of North America’s largest corporations in their immigration and staffing projects.

An Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) is a new requirement for foreign nationals from visa-exempt countries arriving in Canada by air, whether to visit the country directly or to pass through in transit.

The Instructions for Processing FSW Applications

The CIO would need to process all complete FSW applications it receives on or after May 01, 2014. It would therefore, place all complete applications that meet the eligibility criteria into processing.

Applicants seeking eligibility under the FSW Program would need to meet the following criteria. They would need to:

Meet the language threshold for the FSW class as prescribed by the Minister in each of the four language abilities such as:

Speaking

Oral Comprehension

Reading and,

Writing

Provide evidence of having at least one year of continuous full-time (or the part-time equivalent) of paid work experience. Applicants must have acquired this experience within the last 10 years in the primary skilled occupation. Applicants would specify this in the FSW application.

The CIO would need to verify whether the applicant meets the eligibility requirements. In addition, the CIO would also need to check another aspect. They would need to ensure that the application does not go beyond the maximum caps prescribed by MI12.

The application would also need to meet the criteria for one of the following three FSW streams:

Occupation list stream

Offer of arranged employment stream or,

PhD student or graduate stream

Some applications would meet all the prescribed criteria. Therefore, the CIO would place these applications into processing.